I sure hope this topic doesn't start a flamewar. I've used both languages, with Clojure being used more.
Scala is more mature than Clojure, so you really have to put that in perspective when comparing the languages. Scala's IDE support is superior to Clojure's but not for long as all three major IDE's are having plugins developed for them and I'd say Enclojure is close to production-ready. As for tools, both languages are doing okay there as they both have the support of Java libraries. Clojure is more directly compatible /from/ Java than Scala. Clojure's standard library is evolving fast and should soon outweigh Scalas. There is a single book written for Clojure that will ship in a few months. Scala has one book as well with several being written. But Clojure is only 2 years old! We know Clojure was used in some hospital software a while back, as for Scala I can't say. I like both languages. I like Clojure better. Clojure is awesome. On Mar 27, 3:20 pm, Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote: > Can anyone who has tried both of these languages to a decent degree compare > them in practical terms? In other words, I am not interested in the technical > aspects of the languages themselves (e.g. dynamic vs static typing) but > things like IDE support, tools (lexers and parsers), standard libraries, > books and their quality, existing commercial applications and the commercial > viability of shipping products targeted at their programmers (e.g. > libraries)? > > I've never done anything significant on the JVM so I'm interested in picking > one of these two languages and shipping a product for it. I've done a lot of > commercial work with F# over the past 2 years but all Microsoft-related sales > have died this year so I'm looking to diversify... > > Many thanks, > -- > Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
